Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, 1874

The appellant, a hereditary watandar, claimed that the tenant's notice to purchase the land under Section 32‑G of the Bombay Tenancy & Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 was invalid because it was not served within one year as required by Section 32‑0, and that the proviso to Section 8 of the Maharashtra Revenue Patels (Abol…

The appellants claimed ownership of certain paragana watan lands that had been resumed under the Bombay Pargana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950. The respondent, a descendant of the original watandar, applied for regrant of the lands under section 4 of the 1950 Act, while the appellants contested his entitleme…

The case concerned a suit land that was a Paragana watan property leased to a permanent Mirashi tenant, Ramchandra, who mortgaged the land in 1947. The Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950 later resumed the land to the Government, but the tenant's lease subsisted under the proviso to Section 3(3) a…

The dispute concerned agricultural lands in Karnataka that were originally hereditary Watans. Basappa Bheemappa, the former Watandar, re‑granted the lands under the Bombay Watans (Abolition) Act and subsequently sold them to the tenants, Huchappa Yellappa Radder and his father, on 31 March 1969. The plaintiff, Ningappa…

The appellants, heirs of a Watandar, sued the respondents for a permanent injunction, asserting their right to the watan lands based on a 1941 declaration. The respondents claimed they were the adopted son of the deceased Watandar, relying on a 1931 order of the Mamlatdar, and sought re‑grant of the land. The trial cou…

Nagesh Bisto Desai, the son of the last Desai, claimed that the Kundgol Deshgat Estate was an impartible watan governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture, and that, as the present watandar, he was entitled to exclusive possession of the estate. The respondents, members of the same joint Hindu family, contended that t…

The appellant claimed that lands granted to his ancestor as remuneration for patelship were service inam and not liable to resumption under the Gujarat Patel Watans Abolition Act, 1961 or the Resumption Rules, 1908. The Collector, invoking Rule 4 of the Resumption Rules, classified part of the lands as service inam and…